Cast-off.



G. E. PRENTICE.

CAST-OFF.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1915. RENEWED JULY 29.1916.

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GEORGE 'NTNENTICE, on NEW BRITAIN, CoNNnCTIcuT, AssIeNoaTo THE e. E. PRENTIGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or NEW BRITAIN, CCNNECTICUT, a

CORPORATION.

CAST-OFF.

Application filed February 5, 1915, Serial No. 6,317. Renewed. July as, 1916.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PRENTICE, a citizen of'the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cast-Offs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cast-ofis, and the object of my improvement is simplicity and economy in construction and convenience and efliciency in use, and particularly applies to certain improvements in the cast-ofl shown and described in my Patent No. 1,053,643, and to other features not shown therein, and which cooperate to make a. superior and more reliable device.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cast-off and part of a suspender.

Fig. 2 is a similar View on an enlarged scale of the strap member.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 4c is a side elevation of the cord member, the neck of the stud being shown in section.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the upper portion of the front arm of the cord member.

Fig. 8 is asimilar view of the same.

Fig. 9 is a similar view of the rear arm.

My cast-off comprises a strap member B having at the upper end a bar 10 suitable for receiving theloop of a strap Oof a suspender and a cord or loop member D having a cord eye 11 at the lower end suitable for slidably receiving the cord E of a trouser member and means for separately connecting the said strap member and Cord member to be described.

The strap member B comprises a body 12 having an elongated transverse slot 13 which separates the bar 10 from the lower body portion and at the middle is provided with a downwardlyextending apron 1d having a hole 15 which receives the rear end 16 of a stud and in which the said rear end 16 is secured by riveting as shown. The body portion of the stud extends forwardly from the apron 14: and comprises adjacent the said apron 14 a neck 18and at the. extreme front end a head 19.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 121?.

Serial No. 112,162.

.upon itself to form a loop having a pair of upwardly extending arms comprising a front arm 21 and a rear arm '22 and the .cord eye 11 at the apex. The cord eye 11 is swaged to proper shape to provide a run way for the cord E and also to provide a set to determine the relative position of the two arms 21 and 22 to provide the lock for the neck 18 and stud.

The arms 21 and 22 comprise an eye 23 at the upper end that 15 approximately circular, and slightly larger than the neck 18,

and intermediate the eye 23 and the cord eye 11 there is a circular opening 21 of diameter such as to provide clearance for admitting the head 19 of the stud and connecting the eye 23 and opening- 22 there is a passage way 25 having side walls generally parallel to the line of centers of the eye 28 and opening 2% and separated so as to slidably lit the neck 18, and positioned to one side of the said line of centers. The connecting passage 25 of the front arm 21 is positioned as shown to the left of the line of centers and the connecting passage 25 of the back arm 22 is positioned to the right of the same. As shown the left wall 26 of the passage 25 of the front arm 21 is arranged tangentially to the eye 28 and the right wall 27 thereof meets the same in the lower right hand quadrant, whereby a nose 28 is formed at the junction of the said right wall 27 and the wallof the eye 23, suitable to serve as a locking member in engagement with the lower right hand side of the neck 18. Similarly a nose 28 is formed on the back arm 22 and which serves as a left locking member. The eye 23, passage 25, and opening 241 combine to form an elongated hole having a formation somewhat like an ordinary key hole. The rear arm 22 is narrow. The front arm 21 is broad and the rear portion 31 thereof is in the form of a bed or platform and serves as a hearing surface for the rear arm 22, and the lateral edges 32 of the arm 21 are turned rearwardly to inclose the rear arm 22 and are suitably spaced therefrom to permit of a limited relative lateral movement of the arms 21 and 22. The eyes 23 of the individual arms 21 and 22 are superimposed to form the eye 20. In other words, the front and rear arms 21 and 22 may have a limited relative lateral movement, wherefore the eye 23 and passage 25 of the front and rear arms 21 and 22 may be alternatively brought to positions of registration and non-registration.

Normally the set referred to above in the formation of the cord eye 11 operates to resiliently hold the eyes 23 in lateral engagement with the neck 18, whereby the walls 27 will be positioned below the said neck and serve to partially close the passages 25. That is, the wall 27 of one arm overlaps the space of the passage 25 of the other arm, and the two walls combine to appreciably close the outlet passage and accordingly serve as looking members to prevent the accidental escape of the said neck 18 from the eve 20, and they are resiliently held in such locking position by the resiliency of the material of the cord eye 11.

The description given so far corresponds substantially to that found in the patent referred to above.

As described, the front arm 21 covers the rear arm 22, the material of the front arm being wider than that of the rear arm, and also being formed somewhat channel-like or in the form of a shell, with overhanging edges bordering the material of the rear arm, suitably to operatively house the rear arm.

In the patent mentioned the outer lateral edge portion 32 of the front arm 21 is shown as turned rearwardly, so as to overhang the edges of the rear arm 22, the latter being entirely flat or plane.

In the device shown in the present drawing, I have turned the inner edges 33 bordering the larger opening 2 1 in the front arm 21. rearwardly so as to cover the edge or wall of the corresponding hole 24: in the rear arm 22, suitably to provide a lining for the hole 24:.

I also provide a forwardly directed lip 34: on the wall 27 of the rear arm 22, which lip extends through the passage 25 of the front arm 21, being positioned in the lateral slot 35 in the front arm 21, suitably to guide the upper ends of the arms 21 and 22. As shown in Fig. 4 the lip 34c is at the left side of the passage 25.

The arms 21 and 22 have their opposed faces in abutment, and they have a slight relative lateral movement. They are normally positioned so that the passage ways 25 of the two arms will be out of registration and the open passage way will be less than the diameter of the neck 18 and will serve as locking means having a tendency to keep the stud engaged with the upper eye 20.

Pushing the stud 18 downwardly with considerable pressure serves to bring the passage ways 25 into registration and to permit the passage of the stud to the larger opening 241.

The cord eye 11 serves as the positioning member for positioning the arms 21 and 22 normally in the relative lateral positions as described.

Furthermore in the device of the patent the said cord-eye 11 serves also as the means for holding the arms 21 and 22 in abutment.

It is important that these arms 21 and 22 be so held in abutment, particularly in case the neck 18 is short so that there is a short space for housing the arms between the head 19 and the body portion of the strap member B, and I prefer to have positioning means in engagement with the rear face of the rear arm or some other suitable means for holding the rear arm 22 substantially in abutment with the front arm 21.

As shown, the means for effecting this comprise a plurality oflugs 36 extending from the edges of the front arm extending over the rear face of the rear arm 22.

By the method shown the rear arm or inner arm is essentially incased in the front or outer arm, and these arms are positively held in face to face engagement, and independent of the cord-eye 11, whereby the latter is relieved of the duty of holding these parts in such position.

I claim as my invention 1. In a cast-off comprising a single piece of sheet material doubled back on itself to form a cord eye at the apex and a pair of opposed arms, the said arms having keyhole slots approximately in registration, and one of the said arms having a flange in the form of a turned edge extending along the border of the larger portion of its keyhole slot and projecting through the corresponding portion of the keyhole slot of the other arm suitably to serve as a lining therefor.

2. In a cast-0E comprising a piece of sheet material doubled back upon itself to form a cord eye at the lower apex portion and a pair of upwardly directed, parallel arms that serve as front and rear supporting arms, the said arms having keyhole openings in registration to receive a stud, and the said front arm having the border edges turned rearwardly suitably to inclose the said rear arm and to serve as a housing therefor.

3. In a cast-off comprising a piece of sheet material doubled back upon itself to forma cord eye at the lower apex portion and a for, and a lug on the said border edge expair of upwardly directed, parallel arms tending inwardly across the rear face of 10 that serve as front and relair suriporting the said rear arm.

arms, the said arms having ey-ho e openings in registration to receive a stud, and GEORGE PRENTICE' the said front arm having the border edges turned rearwardly suitably to inclose the said rear arm to serve as a housing there- Witnesses:

.W. M. SANFORD,

LOUIS M. SCHMIDT.

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